Our treatment is based not just on prescribing pills and delivering injections. Manual medicine focusses on pinpointing the problem and solving the underlying functional imbalance of the musculoskeletal system.
Well trained impulse manipulations are part of manual medicine and can lead to resolving malfunction and to pain amelioration.
Manual medicine is a certified medical degree based on scientifically proven techniques, which originated from osteopathic medicine and chiropractic techniques.

Origin of Osteopathy

Osteopathy was founded by Andrew Taylor Still (1828-1927) who suffered headaches accompanied by nausea as a child. He treated himself by attaching a rope similar to a “slack line“ about 20 cm above ground between two trees. He lied down on his back putting the back of his head on the rope until he felt a relieving stretch in his neck and back. With this method he managed to cure his headaches. He later became a successful physician (MD), surgeon and founder of Osteopathy, influenced by his experience as a child.

Origin of chiropractic

Similarly Chiropractic also originates from a personal story. Harvey Lillard 1895 – as a patient – suddenly noticed cracking sound of his upper back in a hunched over position. This was accompanied by a loss of hearing. 17 years later D.D. Palmer (1845-1913) examined him and noticed an elevation in his upper back. Palmer ventured a forceful rotating move trying to realign Harvey Lillard’s spine. He succeeded, and Harvey Lillard gained back his hearing. Thus D.D. Palmer set the early foundation in the 1890s of what we know as chiropractic today.

Development of Manual Medicine

After World War II physicians got more and more interested in manual techniques, like Osteopathy and Chiroparactic.
Today manual medicine is a widely established form of treating musculoskeletal disorders. The Swiss Society of Manual Medicine (SAMM) currently counts over 1300 members and is a largely, renowned Physicians’ associations in Switzerland.
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Manual medicine techniques aren’t always first choice. But when implemented with the right indication and performed carefully by a specialist a controlled impulsive move can be a very powerful tool even for chronic pain conditions.

Quellen:
1.Still A.T., Autobiography. Pulbished by the Author. Kirksville, Mo., 1897, p 192. 
2.https://cranialacademy.org/patients/history-of-osteopathy/
3.Schweizerische Ärztegesellschaft für Manuelle Medizin (SAMM) Modul 1, Einführung, Dr. med. U. Böhni
4.Palmer DD. The Chiropractor’s Adjuster. Portland Printing House Company, 1910:18.